Category Archives: Music Shows

The Sierra County Arts Council awarded the Forest City Historical Association an Art & Music Scholarship for local musicians to play at Forest City’s Annual Apple Harvest Festival. Local Sierra County band, the String-Alongs, will be playing at the festival from 12 – 4 on Sunday, October 23rd. Applefest activities also include cider pressing, ECV [...]

Buck Star performs at Alleghany’s Hidden Church at 1:00 PM The Sierra County Arts Council awarded Alleghany Community Water District an Art & Music Sponsorship for Buck Star to perform in Alleghany. Buck Star is a country/rock/R&B band born out of Nevada County California in late 2014. It’s five members, Tom Menig, Eric Menig, Rob [...]

Saturday, August 13th, 2 – 6 PM The Sierra County Arts Council awarded the Downieville Improvement Group an Art & Music Sponsorship for Bob Mora & the Third Degree Blues Band to perform at the Downieville Mountain Brewfest on Main St. in Downieville. Listen to Chicago blues at its best with a six-piece blues [...]

Mumbo Gumbo: Saturday, July 9th at 7:30 PM The Sierra County Arts Council awarded the Sierra County Historical Society an Art & Music Sponsorship for Mumbo Gumbo to perform at the Kentucky Mine Amphitheater as part of the Kentucky Mine’s Music at the Mine summer program. For 22 years, Mumbo Gumbo has been performing at [...]

Monday, July 4th from 1 PM – 4 PM The Sierra County Arts Council awarded Loyalton Rotary an Art & Music Sponsorship for the Bourgeois Gypsies to perform during Loyalton Rotary’s 4th of July BBQ after the 4th of July parade. Rotary Park is located on Smithneck Rd. in Loyalton. Everyone Welcome! For more information [...]

Kathy Barwick & Pete Siegfried: Saturday, July 23rd 7:30 PM From the stage of Strawberry Music Festival in California to pubs and concert halls throughout Ireland and Northern Ireland, the acoustic duo of Kathy Barwick & Pete Siegfried has delighted and enchanted audiences with a distinctive blend of bluegrass, old-time country, traditional Irish and folk into an [...]

Californians will once again have the opportunity to support the California Arts Council and its arts programs for children through their state individual tax refund. Sept. 2013, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed Senate Bill 571 (Senator Carol Liu, La Canada Flintridge), returning the arts to the voluntary contribution portion of California tax return forms through the new "Keep Arts in Schools Fund." Donations are tax deductible and support Arts Council programs throughout the state.

Coming To The Arts Council

Calling All Local Filmmakers!

The Sierra County Arts Council is now showing short films by local filmmakers at its movie nights! If you are a local artist, animator, or photographer, and have a short feature (less than 10 minutes) that you would like to show, please contact the Arts Council.